appreciating this, runs away. When the staff tries to calm Emily, she breaks down stating that her child is exceptional and school is diminishing his potential. Back in the opening scene in the car, Paul loses his first tooth and Emily makes him sleep in the car, after which she takes a bottle of pills and falls asleep with the car engine running. Emily had blocked the garage door with rags as an attempt to suffocate herself and Paul, believing that this was the only way they could be forever together. In the morning the boy who mows the lawn finds Paul and Paul survives. Emily, however, does not. At the end of the film Paul is older and in a field with his girlfriend, whispering into the ears of the sheep just as he and his mother used to do. Cast Kyra Sedgwick - Emily Stoll Sosie Bacon - Emily Stoll (10 years old) Dominic Scott Kay - Paul Stoll (6 years old) Spencer Treat Clark - Paul Stoll (16 years old) Kevin Bacon - Marty Stoll Sandra Bullock - Mrs. Harker Blair Brown - Jeanette Rawley Matt Dillon - Mark Oliver Platt - Mr. Pomeroy Campbell Scott - Paul Marisa Tomei - Sybil Stoll Melissa Errico - Miss Silken Travis Bacon - Lenny Carolyn McCormick - Ruth Robert Sedgwick - Emily's 3rd Grade Teacher Naelee Rae - Allison (6 years old) Valyn Hall - Allison (16 years old) John Legend - Memphis Parking Lot Donor References External links 2005 films Films based on American novels Nu Image films 2005 romantic drama films Films directed by Kevin Bacon American romantic drama films Films shot in New Jersey Films shot in New York (state) 2000s English-language films 2000s American films